Hypericin hydroquinone: Potential as a red-far red photosensitizer?

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Theodossiou, Theodossis A ^a   Tsiourvas, Dimitris ^a   Hothersall, John S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYPERICIN; PERYLENE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; LIGHT; MALE; PERYLENE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73649129564     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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